Codespaces and VS Code
Megumi Oshima & Nicholas Ducharme-Barth
January 2025
“It works on my computer!”
To set up a Codespace,
.devcontainer folder inside your repositorydevcontainer.json file to that folderdevcontainer.json how you like (packages, software, extensions, etc.)setup.r file if neededSee the devcontainer.json we are using here
On the main page of the repository, “Code” -> “Create codespace on main”
VS Code is a free IDE software used for writing and running code
File explorer
Git Integration
Extensions
R environment
Command Palette
Terminal
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